Conte laughs off sacking rumours

Antonio Conte says he chose to see the funny side after rumours of him being fired as Chelsea manager surfaced this week.

The former Italy boss took charge of the Blues in the off-season, replacing interim boss Guus Hiddink, and after a run of early successes has now returned just one victory in four matches.

After such a short time in charge you’d think any talk of firing Conte would be unthinkable, but that didn’t stop several bookmakers from suspended betting on the Italian losing his job following a flurry of bets.

“I am trying to find out who put the money on, it’s very difficult,” Conte joked.

The Italian clearly didn’t want to get into too much talk surrounding his position at the club, however, preferring to focus on matters at hand, namely Saturday’s clash against champions Leicester.